Chad Moriyama Dodgers, Sabermetrics, Scouting
A.J. Ellis underwent knee surgery for a torn meniscus in his left knee. The information, as far as I can tell, was broken on Twitter by his wife.
Surgery went well Friday. Recovering and flying home Tuesday! #pregnantwith3babies #ipadteddybear twitter.com/Cindyluellis/s…
— Cindy Ellis (@Cindyluellis) October 8, 2012
The necessity of this surgery could probably explain a few of his late-season struggles, and it makes you wonder why he was ridden so hard down the stretch.
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Matt Kemp, following shoulder surgery, is expected to be ready not just for Opening Day but for Spring Training, though he can’t swing a bat until January. He’ll begin rehabbing in about a week to a week and a half.
Per the Dodgers official Twitter, the official diagnosis was: “a tear of the labrum that required repair and some minor debridement of the rotator cuff”.
I still don’t understand why some people refused to believe he was playing hurt when it was painfully obvious to anybody watching, but I think this puts the nail in the coffin on that issue.
The drum beat goes on about the ineptitude of the Dodgers medical staff or the players not trusting them or the staff not disclosing the injury.
Whatever the reason, I’m sure we all know the blame lies squarely at the feet of Ned Colletti.
What does he have to do with the medical staff?
Never you mind about my disdain for Colletti!
You’re a dedicated hater. :o
Somebody’s gotta do it!
I was happy when I heard that Conte was not the trainer, but then I found out he was promoted. :-(. Can’t wait for Colletti and Conte to go. There are still secret agents of the Giants to me.
Interesting read here though:
http://m.espn.go.com/mlb/story?storyId=7603159
Wow, what a puff piece. Molly didn’t mention that Conte had Schmidt’s MRI in front of him when consulting with Agent Ned on whether to sign the guy. Yes, the same MRI that showed a partially torn rotator cuff. And Conte was Schmidt’s trainer the previous season, when his fastball lost a lot of velocity during the final weeks of the season. Good call, Stan!
He’s never going to live that down, I imagine.
I know Jon Weisman thinks very highly of Knight but frankly I find the journalistic talents of the various espn/la writers to be very subpar. Recall also the fluff piece that Ramona Shelbourne did on that Joe Machiallo(sp?) fellow. Thousands of words and hours spent with the guy and didn’t cover half the things the la weekly exposé dug up.
I’m not a fan of ESPN Los Angeles as a whole, but I do like Molly and her work.
My issue is that because we don’t know what information they’re working with, all we can judge is the results, and either he’s been extremely unlucky with the Dodgers or it’s just not working out so great.
Can anyone explain why a torn labrum is considered a serious injury for a pitcher but not for a hitter?
Pitchers make their money pitching while hitters make their money with hitting… It’s the same reason why tommy john surgery isn’t as a big deal for position player as pitchers: not as much of a priority.
It’s serious in the sense that it could impact him at the plate.
Obviously though, the arm is used less (especially non-throwing arm) by an outfielder than a pitcher.